Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

151 The Polo Cavalry was defeated and the three kings were captured

Although urged by everyone in unison, Polo still hesitated.

The generals couldn't help frowning when they saw that Polo didn't have the usual demeanor of an 'Iron Marshal', but they couldn't push him too much.

Zhu Qiyu sat on the top of the wall and could clearly see the movement of Polo's army.After the hundreds of tile cavalry were tested, the Polo army stopped.

Many civil servants and nobles on the top of the city couldn't bear it any longer, sat up involuntarily, and looked down the city nervously.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu didn't care, and just waved to the guard.

The guards got the instructions, and tore off the white cloth covering the front of the small Jingguan on the top of the city, completely exposing the entire Jingguan to the sight of the Polo army.Then beat the war drum on the top of the city, attracting the attention of the Polo army.

Originally, Polo was on the verge of ordering a temporary retreat, but before he could say anything, he heard the sound of war drums on the top of the city.

The 200 Wala soldiers looked at the top of the city in unison.Although they were not close together, the [-] heads piled up together was still a big pile, and people soon realized that it was the heads of their own comrades who had been built into a Beijing temple.

The entire army immediately became agitated, and the soldiers around Polo were filled with righteous indignation, and they called for the battle one after another, their attitude was extremely firm.

Polo already realized that something was wrong, and he still hesitated, but he saw that the soldiers all drew out their sabers and started to charge.

When Polo saw this, his heart skipped a beat: It's over, the army is out of control, and they've been fooled by the new emperor of Ming Dynasty again.It's just that there is no way to turn back now. If he wants to retreat by himself, then the new emperor of Ming Dynasty doesn't need to do it. The soldiers under him will directly screw off his head.

There was no other way, Polo had no choice but to bite the bullet and gave the order to attack, and then he was surrounded by the army and rushed into the residential area.

Due to the sudden occurrence of the Jingguan Incident, the Vala soldiers were so motivated to fight, Polo was forced to change his deployment, leaving only [-] cavalry to contain the Ming army in Yuantu City, and the remaining [-] soldiers all rushed into the houses. area, planning to annihilate the eight thousand Ming troops in the residential area in one go.

Then use the heads of [-] Ming soldiers to build a double Jingguan to avenge the absurd behavior of the Ming emperor.

The soldiers of Wala were as imposing as a rainbow, without encountering any resistance along the way, they quickly rushed into the core area of ​​the houses along the avenue.

In the middle of the private housing area is the camp of the Chinese army of Yingzhouwei, and there are four school yards.The granaries and military tents in the barracks have been set ablaze by the Ming army.

Some Oirat cavalry rushed into the camp to check if there were any remnants of the Ming army, and by the way, check if there were any spoils left behind.

Most of the Oirat cavalry were attracted by the baggage on the largest school field, and rushed over.

Polo wanted to stop it, but it was too late.When the Wala cavalry rushed to a distance of a hundred steps from the school field, the baggage on the school field was suddenly lifted off the camouflage, revealing the five hundred bed crossbows of the Yingzhou Guard.

It is true that the ordinary arrows of the Ming army could not pierce the armor of the Wala cavalry, but the special bed crossbow made by Jin Yiwei may not be so.

The key point is that the Wala cavalry was charging collectively. When they saw the bed crossbow, they couldn't stop, and they entered the range of the bed crossbow in a blink of an eye.

Five crossbows were installed on each bed crossbow in advance, and a hundred bed crossbows fired in salvo, that is, five hundred crossbows were fired at the Oirat cavalry.

The powerful impact of the crossbow arrows is unstoppable. Once hit, all the bones and tendons of the people and horses will be broken.

Yingzhou Wei had a total of [-] bed crossbows, and each round was fired by a volley of [-], and a total of five rounds were fired.

Polo watched helplessly as hundreds of Oirat cavalry fell down in a row. After five rounds of arrow rain, the Oirat cavalry's charging momentum was completely cut off, and the always brave soldiers began to retreat gradually.

Fortunately, the bed crossbows of the Ming army are disposable, and they will be pulled down after shooting. It is impossible to reload slowly during the battle.

Just when Polo was about to take a breath and was about to continue organizing the charge, the Ming army started their 'shameless' behavior again: the soldiers of the Yingzhou Guards threw away the bed crossbows in the front row and hid in the trenches in the back row. inside the car.

Behind the chariot, there were a hundred catapults, and the Ming army began to throw stones at the Oirat cavalry aimlessly.

The range of the catapult was about two hundred steps, and the Ming army didn't just hate the Oirat cavalry in order to cause damage.

If the Oirat cavalry stayed in place, they would huddle together, and they would have to face stones thrown from the sky from time to time.No matter how good the armor is, it won't be able to withstand a few dozen catties of boulders hitting him with a swipe.

If the Wala cavalry rushed forward, when they were dozens of steps away from the chariot, the Ming army would shoot in the chariot, shooting with firecrackers and god-arm crossbows.

If the Oirat cavalry retreated to an area of ​​three to five hundred steps, the Ming army would bombard them with artillery.

The Ming army had artillery, but it was reserved for use until this time.

Polo was so disgusted that he couldn't tell the pain, five hundred chariots of the Ming army were stuck here, and he couldn't get through. There was a hail of bullets ahead, followed by intensive artillery bombardment, it was really miserable.

Polo was completely discouraged, so he reluctantly ordered to retreat, and decided to escape from the residential area first, join the five thousand cavalry outside, and regroup the army in an open area to fight again.

In the end, the Wala cavalry withdrew from the camp of Yingzhouwei under the artillery fire of the Ming army.Not only was it in vain, but it also dropped more than 2000 corpses.

The crowd had no choice but to follow the original road, but when they ran to the avenue, they found that the Ming army had blocked the avenue with a hundred chariots.The most wicked thing is that the Ming army also set fire to it, directly and completely cutting off the hope of the Oirat cavalry withdrawing from the main road.

Then the Oirat cavalry had to disperse, walk through the streets and alleys, and fight their way out.

This was in the hands of the Ming army. Yingzhouwei had been trapping for more than a month, and it finally worked.

It was only after the Oirat cavalry were tossed by the trap that they turned their backs on their backs, causing numerous casualties, that they rushed out of the residential area.

At this time, the [-] cavalry of the Yingzhou Guard who were waiting for work, took advantage of the Oirat cavalry's unsteady footing, and began to charge towards Polo's central army.The remaining [-] battalions of state guards, with their chariots and firearms, went out to support their cavalry from the side.

And Xu Heng, the Marquis of Xing'an, and Fan Guang, led the battalion of [-] Xiaoqi and the battalion of [-] gods, and launched a fierce attack on Poluo's [-] fresh troops.

Next, there will be real swords and guns, and a face-to-face contest. Basically, [-] Ming army cavalry will fight against [-]-odd Oala cavalry.It's just that the Ming army had [-] elite soldiers holding firecrackers and crossbows to assist the cavalry in the attack.

In the end, the advantages of numbers and arms played a decisive role, and the main force of Polo, which was unable to organize an effective resistance, was the first to be completely defeated.Immediately afterwards, the five thousand tile cavalry originally used to contain the Ming army in Yuantu City were flanked by the Xiaoqi Battalion and the Yingzhou Guard, and suffered heavy losses.

Zhu Qiyu watched the battle on the top of the city for a long time, seeing that the Polo army had been defeated like a mountain, he just let out a long sigh: he has worked so hard to fight openly and secretly with civil servants and generals for so long, and finally he has become powerful.

And under the city of Beijing, as long as he cut off another 1 heads from Yexian's army, he, the son of heaven, would have completed the task.How to cut off the remaining 1 heads when chasing Yexian's army later is a question that generals such as Shi Heng, Sun Tong, and Fan Guang have to consider.

Most of the civil servants, vassal kings, and nobles present saw such a war scene for the first time. Before they could get over the shock, the war had come to an end.

Not long after, Liu Chang left the battlefield with hundreds of guards, and escorted the three Polo brothers to the tower.

(End of this chapter)